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Order of Adjectives • In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun. These adjectives must be used in the proper order. Example: Here is a beautiful, red, cloth flag. Why does beautiful come before red? Why does red come before cloth? • Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice. Use the following table to practice using the proper order of adjectives in the following sentences. Number Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Purpose Noun small round German red sleeping generous old man four metal Directions: Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences. 1) The woman is wearing a ________ dress. A) yellow long B) long yellow 2) He is a ________ man. A) tall thin B) thin tall 3) The company makes ________ products. A) excellent farming B) farming excellent 4) James recently departed on a ________ trip. A) camping long B) long camping 5) I love eating ________ strawberries. A) red big B)...

READING COMPREHENSION REVIEWING WORK

The Most Amazing Structure on Earth There are people who say the most amazing structure on earth is the human brain. It is so complex that it took about 700 million years to develop. Humans started out as wormlike creatures that used one end of the body to move forward. Ever so slowly, a bunch of nerves began developing at that one end — the head. These nerves helped the creature to sense light, food and danger. Eventually, this bunch of nerves became the creature’s brain. To carry messages from the brain to other parts of the body, the creature grew a spinal cord. Later, the creature became a fish with eyes, ears and a nose that could send the brain information about sights, sounds and smells. More time passed, and the fish grew arms and legs so it could move about on land. For this, it needed a larger and more complex brain. It became an ape-like creature, and the parts of the brain used for seeing images and being social grew much stronger. Finally, the ape-like creature became...